Hill Street, Hamilton Street
and Ochil Street all run parallel to eachother on the north side of
the High Street. At the top end they are all connected by Walker Terrace
and there is a lane for walkers halfway down, again connecting all
the streets.
Hill Street was
laid out in 1892 when Messrs G & R Cousin of Alloa were given the
contract to make the roadway, the kerb and the run-channels at a cost
of £105 10s 7d. James Miller of Tillicoultry cemented the footpaths
at a cost of £379 16s 4d. After the 1919 Housing Scotland Act
was passed the town council built 8 council houses in the street as
part of a programme to improve living conditions.
Hamilton Street was
developed after Philip Anstruther of Tillicoultry sold off 7 acres
of ground forming part of Hamilton's Park in 1851 to the Tillicoultry
Ochil United House Building Society. A fountain, donated by Tillicoultry
Co-op Baking Society was erected at the foot of Hamilton Street to
celebrate it's jubilee in 1897. This fountain has been moved in recent
years and now stands at the foot of Stirling Street, in front of
Curran Court.
The
fountain now outside Curran Court
The Centenary
Hall also stands in Hamilton Street 
Ochil Street was
developed by the Tillicoultry Ochil United House Building Society
from the 1850's onwards.
Walker Terrace was
named after Archibald Walker who between 1891 and 1900 was a burgh
commissioner and magistrate, then latterly the Provost. The street
dates from the late 19th century and marks the line of the old road
through the Hillfoots. Provost Walker donated the granite fountain
at the foot of Upper Mill Street opposite the Royal Arms Hotel as
a gift to Tillicoultry to mark his retirement in 1900. The donation
was marked by a parade from Walker Terrace via Hill Street, Ochil
Street, Stirling Street and High Street to the bridge. Later there
was dancing in the Public Park and a cake and wine banquet in the
Crown Hotel.
Moss Road was
the main link in a southern direction from Tillicoultry in the 19th
century. In 1874 there was a public meeting where 2 men were appointed
to raise £100 from local householders to prevent the building
of a toll-bar on Moss Road. The money raised was to maintain the
Ochil Turnpike from Carsebridge to Tillicoultry and they managed
to delay the building of a toll until July 1877 when Richard Law
was appointed at this time to collect tolls from 6am - 6pm. However
the proprietor of Devonvale made a road through his own land to bypass
the toll and carts from Alloa began crossing the Devon at Marchglen
to avoid the toll. In September 1877 the local merchants and manufacturers
subscribed £250 to cover the abolition of the toll. Tolls throughout
Scotland were finally abolished in 1879.
After Samuel
Jones took over Devonvale Mills in 1921 they built several white painted,
red roofed houses in Moss Road for their employees. These houses are
still there today but privately owned.
Ochilview
Road was built in the 1930's to create
an access road to the newly developing Jamieson Gardens. Previously
there was no road there at all as the gardens of the 2 adjacent houses
were joined together.
Do you remember the prefabs
? They were built between the present Primary School and North Hill
Street up towards the small swing park. 61 temporary aluminium prefabricated
houses were erected in 1946. They were finally demolished in 1969
The Cunninghar Estate (82
houses) - St Serf's Road, Kirkhill Terrace, part of Johnstone Crescent,
part of Fir Park, and part of Elmwood Avenue was built in 1954. The
first tenants were given their keys in 1955 and some of the original
tenants are still living in these houses.
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